COMEDIAN KATHY GRIFFIN DID SOMETHING THAT OF COURSE SHE GOT
A LOT OF HEAT FOR, BECAUSE IT INVOLVED VIOLENT IMAGERY, AND IT
ALSO INVOLVED A DECAPITATED HEAD...
OF OUR PRESIDENT.
THAT SOUNDED REALLY DIRTY.
I SAID OF OUR PRESIDENT.
I THINK THAT THE FIRST TIME I'VE SAID THAT, ANYWAY.
A LOT OF PARTS OF THIS STORY ARE UNFORTUNATE, BUT YOU ARE RIGHT,
THE MINUTE YOU SAID OUR PRESIDENT I WAS LIKE, UGH.
I ALSO SAID THAT ABOUT THE DECAPITATED HEAD, TO BE FAIR.
HERE IS THE PHOTO SHOOT THAT KATHY GRIFFIN DID, AND SHE IS
HOLDING A HEAD THAT WAS LIKE DONALD TRUMP, AND IT IS BLOOD HE
AND TERRIBLE LOOKING.
THE PHOTOGRAPHER IS DEFENDING IT, WHO SAYS, "SOME PEOPLE
LOOK AT IT AND THEY LOVE IT.
SOME PEOPLE LOOK AT IT AND THEY HATE IT.
I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE GOING TO BE PEOPLE WHO HATE THIS,
IT'S A VERY TOUCHY SUBJECT.
BUT IT IS NOT REAL.
IT IS NO DIFFERENT FROM A MOVIE, IT JUST HAPPENS TO BE A
STILL IMAGE."
I HATE THE IMAGE.
I HATE TRUMP, BUT I STILL HATE THE IMAGE.
I THINK WE HAVE BECOME SO UNCIVIL AS A SOCIETY ñ
EVERYONE, EVERYTHING HAS BECOME SO TOXIC, AND WE JUST NEED
TO REEL IT BACK IN A LITTLE BIT, AND CALMED DOWN WITH THE
VIOLENT RHETORIC, VIOLENT IMAGERY, INCITING PEOPLE,
IT'S JUST NOT A GOOD IDEA.
I'M DISGUSTED BY IT, AND IT IS A SUPER OBVIOUS PLOY TO GET
ATTENTION, AND IT'S SUPER CHEAP.
COME ON, KATHY GRIFFIN, I KNOW YOU ARE DESPERATE FOR
ATTENTION, AND LIKE, YOUR WHOLE CAREER IS BASED ON THAT,
BUT DON'T DO THIS, THIS IS GROSS.
AND FOR THE ARTIST, IT IS NOT MUCH OF ART, THAT'S NOT A
STATEMENT.
AND WE'VE COVERED A LOT OF ANTI-TRUMP ART, WHICH WE THINK
IS CLEVER NUMBER WHICH WE ENJOY, LIKE WHEN THEY PUT THE
EMOLUMENTS CLAUSE ON THE WHITE HOUSE IN DC, AND THEY DID
IT IN LIGHT SO IT WASN'T PERMANENT, IT WAS REALLY
SMART AND A GOOD POINT TO MAKE.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
TAKE IT OFF, I HATE IT SO MUCH I CAN'T STAND IT.
WHENEVER I LOOK AT STUFF LIKE THIS I ALWAYS THINK, WHAT
IF THE SHOE WAS ON THE OTHER FOOT?
IF SOME RIGHT-WING ASSHOLE HAD A DECAPITATED HEAD OF OBAMA
THAT THEY HELD UP?
HOW REPULSIVE WOULD THAT BE?
IN THIS CASE, IT IS EQUALLY REPULSIVE.
DON'T DO THAT, IT MAKES YOU LOOK LIKE THE BAD GUYS, AND IF YOU
THINK THAT IS FUN OR CLEVER, YOU ARE ñ YOU ñ
THAT'S NOT HOW WE SHOULD BE PROTESTING THE PRESIDENT.
IT'S REALLY GROSS, AND THE OTHER THING THAT GETS UNDER MY SKIN
IS, IT'S LIKE A, LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT ME, EVERYBODY NOW IS
FORCED TO TALK ABOUT ME BECAUSE I'M SUCH AN ASSHOLE.
IT IS A BAD IDEA ALL AROUND, AND TO BE FAIR TO PEOPLE ON THE
LEFT, A LOT OF PEOPLE CRITICIZED HER FOR DOING THIS, NOT JUST US.
ALYSSA MILANO WAS ANOTHER PERSON WHO WAS PRETTY AGGRESSIVE
IN TWEETING ABOUT IT, ACTUALLY SHE DISAGREED WITH THIS IMAGE.
"I'M SORRY, BUT THAT IS TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE AND SO OFFENSIVE,
AND I HAVE TO THINK YOU KNOW BETTER."
AND FOR HER PART, AFTER KATHY GRIFFIN TWEETED THAT
IMAGE, SHE FOLLOWED UP BY SAYING THAT SHE WOULD NEVER CONDONE OR
SUPPORT VIOLINS, BUT STILL, THAT IS A VIOLENT IMAGE.
AND YOU ARE RIGHT, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A LITTLE STATEMENT,
THAT IS NOT THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO GO ABOUT IT.
JUST EVERY TIME, THINK ABOUT IF THE SHOE WAS ON THE OTHER FOOT.
IMAGINE IF THEY DID THAT TO HILLARY CLINTON'S HEAD.
IT'S DISGUSTING, BUT...
YEAH.
IT'S GROSS, IT'S ABSOLUTELY GROSS.
AND IT MAKES YOU LOOK LIKE YOU ARE THE BAD GUY, AGAIN IN
THIS CASE I THINK IT IS BECAUSE YOU ARE, AND YOU LOSE THE
MORAL HIGH GROUND.
MAN, YOU HAVE TO WORK REALLY HARD TO LOSE THE MORAL HIGH
GROUND ON DONALD TRUMP, BUT THEY DID IT.